Author: Robert Sales
Date: 2018-06-14 20:36
In the two bars before rehearsal number 18 in the first movement of Mahler 4, the score specifies that the the third clarinet should play bass clarinet in Bb, but the part says bass clarinet in A.
Apart from the question of which clarinet to use, the notation is exactly the same in both the score and part, with a key signature of 2 sharps (as opposed to the two other clarinet parts which are definitely in A and have 3 flats).
A few bars before this, the 3rd clarinet is instructed (in the score) to take the bass clarinet in A. However, given the key signatures, it would appear that Bb is intended here.
My confusion is that I've played this in rehearsal (and i believe in previous performances) as if written for A (i.e. transposing down a semitone), and no one has commented. It also looks as if whoever played this before also interpreted it as being in A.
Does anyone know for sure?
This is my first post to this group - apologies if this has been asked before, or if I'm posting incorrectly.
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